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A Case Study of “Defective Detective”: What To Do With Your Finished Student Short

It’s the time of year when many of our student readers are finishing up their student films, and inevitably there will be lots of …

Easy Way (Camino Fácil) by Juan David Velasquez Bedoya is from Bogota, Colombia, a country where CG animation is just starting to …

To fully appreciate Opus III by German filmmaker Walter Ruttman, it’s worth it to first look at a typical cartoon from 1924, such as this …

Not too sure about the animation and story, but this guy is a helluva background stylist. Childhood Of A Circle is directed and animated …

Read UPDATES at bottom of the piece. When I speak to indie filmmakers, there’s always a lot of confusion about the potential money …

Red is a modern day silhouette film based on the classic fairy tale. Directors Jorge Jaramillo and Carlo Guillot, with musician/composer …

Wes Ball spent two years making Ruin out of his L.A. based Oddball Animation studio. Technically, this is a sample piece for a …

The Box: Poltergeist is a delighful throwback to older animated films where personality animation and movement itself were often the …

TED, the nonprofit that presents “idea” conferences around the world, announced an intriguing new initiative yesterday: TED-Ed. Its goal, …

Okay, this is pretty friggin’ insane… but has a great punchline. Philippe Gamer produced and directed this film out of Paris-based VFX …

There’s something to be said for running a cartoon studio in a place where animation production isn’t commonplace. To celebrate the …

Installing an ant colony in a scanner and scanning it every week doesn’t sound like the ingredients for filmmaking success. But …

It’s been a while since we’ve heard of a new personal project by Guilherme Marcondes (Tyger, Into Pieces), but this teaser for his next …

The one and only Cyriak delivers yet another mind-bending visual experience with his brand-new short Cobwebs. If I had a list of favorite …

Halifax animator Joel Mackenzie has created a mini-epic using P:U:S:H by Rich Aucoin as his track. Yeah, its derivative of contemporary …

The Story of Animation is a tongue-in-cheek “cartoon modern”-styled educational short that aims to introduce potential advertising …

If you’re going to make film that looks like it was made from corrugated cardboard, you couldn’t do better than French director …

UPDATE #1: The Oscar for Best Animated Feature was awarded to RANGO. Accepting the award, Verbinski said, “Someone asked me if …

Director Carlos Lopez Estrada has been working ten months on Bear for Venice, California based 3 Round Burst …

The animated alphabet in film. Atlanta based Evan Seitz presents his love “letter” to cinema. How many film titles can you name?